Roots - Ital (feat. Q-Tip) lyrics

rate me

Verse One: Q-Tip<br />

<br />

I wanna be able to reach an mc<br />

and reach a little child in the same degree<br />

And my elders excel<br />

I mean what the hell<br />

we might as well bridge these gaps<br />

in all before we fall in the fire<br />

<br />

Black Thought:<br />

<br />

It's a million mc's upon a plan they call real tryin' to set it<br />

profess mic techniques illegit<br />

inaccurate perceptions of reality embedded<br />

in their minds thus their rhymes are discredited (check it out)<br />

<br />

Q-Tip:<br />

<br />

I use my music implemented with jewels import tools<br />

to inspire all those too cool fools who say screw school<br />

'Cause they don't see the conspiracy<br />

that's put here to trap you and me<br />

<br />

Black Thought:<br />

<br />

Y'all know the battle leutenant be on some whole 'nother other finesse genetic<br />

they say I get it from my mother so its' inheredit-<br />

ary and very necessary to shine<br />

legendarily, heavily refined<br />

<br />

Q-Tip:<br />

<br />

Contemporaries like the Roots is so radit's like dage<br />

which bag did they come out of, and how can I get in itto win it<br />

like raffle ticket pick<br />

and if you feelin' something, guess who gets the sticking<br />

<br />

Black Thought:<br />

<br />

I got this Ital mad up close and personal<br />

the first I find to violate, I shall retal-<br />

iate with realisms for their whole local<br />

we on point like decimal Abstract now<br />

<br />

Q-Tip:<br />

<br />

MCin while I'm breathingmcin is believing<br />

that you can host a ceremony and the dough is never phony<br />

in fact, it's very therapeutic<br />

like B12 hyperdermic needle so shoot it <br />

<br />

Black Thought:<br />

<br />

Lyrically elicit upstarts the explicit<br />

most wicked seven digit mic wizardmy tongue lashes out and strikes with it<br />

just slightly might miss it<br />

when I blast through your section or district<br />

<br />

CHORUS<br />

<br />

Verse Two: Black Thought<br />

<br />

In my formitive by my peers I was influenced<br />

until the instruments of time killed the congruence<br />

I peeped the blue prints on how to make true sense<br />

of MC's which are a nuisance I know just what to do sinceI'm on another lev.<br />

brothers is fakin' jacks and think they ready for the rev.<br />

but they got a lot to learn, to make theri thoughts long term<br />

'cause on theri short-cuts they made a wrong turn<br />

probably, timelessly I construct the firesome<br />

to rip your eardrum for many years to come<br />

professional style thinkin' rational to move wise<br />

so hard it's a wonder y'all alive...<br />

<br />

Q-Tip:<br />

<br />

...And still breathin', niggaz is dead and not even<br />

perpetuatin' real life the shit kicked is real trife ayo they fake bleedin'<br />

It's obvious that they needin' attention feedin'<br />

they cold actin' like heathens<br />

when mics is picked up MC's scenes is kicked up<br />

like women with the gripper drinking Moet 'till they hiccup<br />

fellas hustlin' picking bricks up<br />

fantasizin' about the illest stick up<br />

but rip up the jam and we be truly impressed<br />

on stage you won't need your tef. vest<br />

only a mic with and a mic test<br />

and at your best you get blessed by the fans who profess<br />

that they can relate <br />

with the trials you tribulate<br />

or the pains you endure <br />

'cause some cats is pure<br />

tell horors that are true but see cats like you<br />

y'all fake joints just tyo get a woo-woo<br />

the tear jerker<br />

you be that miracle worker<br />

whose miracle just ran out<br />

I think it's time you pan out<br />

or just plain fade, 'cause yo you played<br />

we 'bout to drop on you like the Everglades